re: Why is ths site so infested with adware/spyware? UPDATE: It's me, not the site(Posted by TigerinATL on 1/31/13 at 12:42 pm to VetteGuy)

I've seen it too. Random words will become links to popup ads. At first I thought I might have something but I've seen it on multiple computers and I run Norton and Malware Bytes on both so I'm pretty sure it's not me.

re: Why is ths site so infested with adware/spyware? UPDATE: It's me, not the site(Posted by Korkstand on 1/31/13 at 12:54 pm to TigerinATL)

quote:I've seen it too. Random words will become links to popup ads. At first I thought I might have something but I've seen it on multiple computers and I run Norton and Malware Bytes on both so I'm pretty sure it's not me.

It is definitely you. You have some sort of browser adware plugin that is doing that.

re: Why is ths site so infested with adware/spyware? UPDATE: It's me, not the site(Posted by Korkstand on 1/31/13 at 1:57 pm to VetteGuy)

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quote:Random words will become links to popup ads

That is it, exactly.

Must be just us or I'm sure other folks would be complaining.

Yeah, you guys definitely have some shitty extension/add-on doing that. Find the place where you can disable them and look for anything suspicious. If all look legit, disable them all anyway, restart your browser and see if the hover ads are gone. Enable them one by one and restart/refresh to see which one is the culprit.